England hope to keep dream alive against Croatia

11/07/2018

England managerGareth Southgate and midfielder Jordan Henderson spoke to the media ahead of the Three Lions' World Cup semi-final against Croatia. And a young, likeable side with an eminently sensible and humble manager in Southgate have captured the hearts of a nation.

As reported by ESPN FC on Monday, the inflatable unicorn races in the swimming pool at England's Repino base, as well as the Fortnite competitions, darts and 10-pin bowling, have turned this World Cup campaign into what Ashley Young described as a "holiday".

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Given Croatia had extra time and penalties to recover from, England should come into the game fresher and they also have the edge in previous meetings, winning four of the seven encounters, including a 5-1 victory in their most recent match - a World Cup qualifier in 2009.

With 30 minutes to go in this game I think England will run away with it and win comfortably. "We'll just have to assess the bodies", said Southgate. I felt something unusual in my knee and after talking with the doctor on the sideline we decided I should come off.

Neither team came to Russian Federation being heralded as favourites but they have produced performances throughout the competition which have shown they were underestimated by the pundits.

Their one defeat came against Belgium in their final group game, in a match between two essentially reserve sides.

The captain was the man of the match again in the penalty shootout win over Russian Federation in Sochi at the weekend.

"There is still a lot to play. Hopefully we'll go out there and implement our plan". As we regroup, he turns to me and says, "right that's enough, time to lift the tempo, let's get about them". But there is less pressure on them now.

Whether that is fair or not, given that Ivan Perisic doesn't provide him with much cover, is up for debate but it was clear that Russian Federation targeted that area as they forced Croatia to penalties in their quarter-final.

However, Southgate refuses to accept the idea that England will be significantly fresher. "I feel they're a fantastic team, working for each other and together, which is why they're in a semifinal of a World Cup. We have dealt with hard situations in games". "We've got to win because we play better".

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